This hour, we’ll talk with Farai Chideya about how the career path for workers isn’t as linear as it once was. She’s the author of “The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption.”

We’ll talk about how access to rare metals may swing the balance of global power in the digital age with the author of “The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age.”

This hour, we’ll talk about the many reasons why even a $100 million donation has been unable to break through the many roadblocks to education reform with the author of The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?